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Has anyone with traditional Medicare had a FES PET/CT scan? I can’t get a definitive answer on payment for the procedure from either the hospital or CMS. Both say that an FDG PET/CT is covered so the answer is “probably.” Given the cost (more than FDG) I’m worried about having it done without knowing for sure. After two…
So I started this question in another thread but was hoping for additional feedback. With MBC awareness day last weekend, a stat is going around that caught my attention. Basically says that 30% of early stage BC patients will eventually have their bc metastasize AFTER adjuvant treatment. Susan G. Komen even states it here…
This is an out there question but has anyone’s cancer ever been flagged on the airport tsa scanners. In the last year I have flown about 6 times and every airport to/from my trip highlights my abdomen. I have to get my stomach patted down. I finished treatment for triple negative in 2016 but every ache and pain still makes…
A small nodule was found in my lung from an mri for my abdomen. We've checked it about evey 6 months for almost 2 yrs now. I was stage 1.What do you think of these most recent CT results? Stable peripheral right upper lobe fibrosis and subpleural nodule, 6 mm. No suspicious new or enlarging nodule. No consolidation. No…
Hi all I had IDC nine years ago and last year I lost 55 pounds. I went for my annual mammogram/ ultrasound and then had to have a biopsy for a distorted area ( no lump or mass visible on the ultrasound or mammogram, nothing palpable. It came back negative and now they want an MRI done to be sure. Obviously I am a wreck. I…
Hello all I initially was treated for stage 2 ILC in 2010 and have been attending followup scans and doctor visits once or more times each year since then. I have also been taking Letrozole faithfully up until a month or two ago when I started to become lazy about taking it. Today, I had my annual breast imaging and my…
Hi lovely community, I have been reading in the forum for a few years and found this a wealth of information, but never properly registered, so this is my first ever post. I am from the UK, am 53 years old, am married and have one cat. I got diagnosed with ILC (stage 2, Grade 2) at age 46, had surgery (lumpectomy),…
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knows whether CTC liquid biopsy is being used for early stage breast cancer? My sister was diagnosed with ILC , stage 2A with one positive lymph node. Doctor didn`t want to do PET scan to check and see if there are mets anywhere else in the body. Is it common to use CTC test instead…
Over the past week experiencing odd sensation in under right ribs/abdomen. Sporadic sensations, not really pain, lasting less than a minute or two. Ranges from upper right, below bra line to under right ribs to lower center abdomen. Sometimes feels like pulled muscle, other times like winded, or just weird feeling. Feels…
Hello everyone just checking in after a long time. Did anyone have this issue. I had cold in July and I ordered an x ray. Cough almost gone and I thought to get the X-ray still and they found “ovoid nodule projecting over the right midlung zone 2 cm new from prior”. Not sure if it means a new one 2 cm or 2 c/m from the…
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